Repeated intrastriatal application of botulinum neurotoxin-A did not influence choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive interneurons in hemiparkinsonian rat brain – A histological, stereological and correlational analysis

Volume: 1742, Pages: 146877 - 146877
Published: Sep 1, 2020
Abstract
In Parkinson’s disease, dopamine depletion leads to hyperactivity of cholinergic interneurons in the caudate-putamen (CPu). Botulinum neurotoxin-A (BoNT-A) inhibits the release of acetylcholine in the peripheral nervous system and is also thought to act as a local anticholinergic drug when injected intrastriatally. In hemiparkinsonian (hemi-PD) rats, a unilateral intrastriatal injection of 1 ng BoNT-A significantly diminished apomorphine-induced...
Paper Details
Title
Repeated intrastriatal application of botulinum neurotoxin-A did not influence choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive interneurons in hemiparkinsonian rat brain – A histological, stereological and correlational analysis
Published Date
Sep 1, 2020
Volume
1742
Pages
146877 - 146877
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